The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-10-28

The following, which is from the
Chicago Tribune. the most Intensely Re-
paper IN the west, will canse
cold chilis 20 run up the hacks Of the
Protectionists. The farmers ought TO
read IL: The Western farmer hAs moth
Ing 20 gain and great deal 10 lose BY
exorbi duties.s His corn, wheat,
cork. beef, oats. and ether marketable
products are not protected and made
more profitable 10 him by any tariu.
Practically there Il free trade In farm
products and war duties on farm con-
sumptiohs. A more one-sided arrange
meni could hardly be conceived. Take
'for example. wool aud wooiens me
sheep raisero are urged to insist on keep
ling np the tariff rAtes by assurance that
In the fence % let down at all The wool
duties will he removed. They are 3D..
Ivi-ed 10 submit 10 the woelen duties and
all other duties rather than suffer cut
lin wool. Does the present ps Ice Of This
article Justify the claim that the tAriu In
sures = good price for nreces! On the
Icontrars. those farmers who grow sheep
are fmdinR out by experience that The
wool tariff is delusion and . snare.
statistics show, too, that the division o.
the spoils Il peculiarly unfair. Last
year the tariff receipts from the dutiea
loo wool amounted to IS. l26, los While
those on Woolcns foot up t27'z76.525
Ia other words the manufactures go'
lneariy six dolIars to the farmere' one
dollar. Nor is that either all or the
worst. Besides imposing q tax Of Thu
magnitude on the country for imported
lwoolens. there u lhr iat greater ind'rec'
hut no less burdensome bounty tax On
domestic wooden goods through the en-
lhanced cost to the consumers. Inc ~
Ierags rate Of duty on imported wooieni
lie nearly 70 per cent. I'D vaiorem. And
lss the consumption Of domestic woolen'
lie no less than $4O0,OO00 eco per annnm
these goods, without the war tarin Of g
lper cent, were only worth o235 OOO.QOO
1.-The loss 10 The consumers being o165,
loco. .OOO. The ~ 100000 worth of i'm
|ported woolens goods. with the 81, ,0UO,
Zoo OF war tariff added, cost the consum
,Iere eb6 100000, without counting tn
IImiddlemens' profits, charged on the 90
Titles o. well as on the foreign vesue
'lThus il &C pears In order to procure St1i
100000 OF unnecessary revenue on lm
IUOGlfO OVt<ue eo@e -
f2OO 100000 year to the cost Of woo'e
,, ,,|clothing Of the American people. 40
this Is called "protectioh. and for who's
e|beneft? The beggarly e5 1000 wh'c
e Iare supposed 10 20 to the farmers lne
lone In ten Of whom owns = sheep) q
mot oKset s per cent. Of this enormou
.ltak on the consumers- The iaoor'n
!. |men every where are Improving ever
to discIaim any reepons
ylbility for continuing the war tarim 40
elrs les unions, the labor conventions 20
:lindustrisI gatherings Of different sor'
! lproclaim with untiring iteration that 20
Of high dusies on the pretene
Iof beneiittiug them Il fraud. Aga
elwe ask our Western congressman 70 :
Ito Warrington this winter. many ofthei
.|for the first time. determined 70 amor
p!fhem relief from the outrsge"us ssr1n 9,
ltortion " hich 10 bianke,ing the farm
|of The West with mortgage. - well
|filling the treasury of the United Stai'
with surplus which is dersngihe -
mopey market 70 the verge Of panic